This journal is Friends Only. If you think we share common interests or we have a mutual friend that mentioned we might get along, then please feel free to comment here, letting me know a little bit about yourself and where you know me from.
You can find out more about me, my interests/fandoms and this journal HERE.
The main points to know are:
+ If you use net/text speak, ie. "u tYpE lyKe dis", don't bother adding me because I absolutely can't stand it and won't be adding you back.
+ I'm only adding people who are 18+ from now on so if you're underage, please don't friend me.
+ This might sound strange, but I won't be adding anyone who has never posted on or updated their own journal. I feel uncomfortable having someone I don't know being able to access my entries, particularly ones of a personal nature, while they don't ever post on theirs. Likewise, I won't be adding journals where the majority of the content posted are icons and/or fanfiction.
adding | selectively adding | not adding
Please don't add me to your Friends list without commenting here first. If I see I've been added but I don't know you, I won't be adding you back.
My name is Diane and I'm a total fangirl who loves watching TV/movies, listening to music, reading/writing fanfiction and making icons.
My loves, obsessions and addictions as well as information about this journal are listed under the cut so if you feel we've got things in common, please feel free to comment on my Friends Only entry letting me know a little bit about yourself and where you know me from. All I ask is that you don't add me without commenting on that post first. Thanks!
Title: No Turning Back Author: Diane Fandom: 90210 Pairing: Taylor/Adrianna Prompt: Mistake Rating: Teen Rated Disclaimer: I don't own a thing! Spoilers/Warnings: What I would've liked to have seen happen between Adrianna and Taylor. Story contains a little bit of swearing. Word Count: 1,603 Summary:“I can't do this,” she whispered. “I-it's a mistake.” Author's Notes: This has been written for Round 3 of Love Bingo.
Title: Caught In The Act Author: Diane Fandom: One Tree Hill Pairing: Nathan/Haley Prompt: Making out Rating: Teen Rated Disclaimer: I don't own a thing! Spoilers/Warnings: This is a future fic set post-Season 9. Word Count: 500 Summary:It was late when he entered the house so after carefully closing the front door and locking it, he walked quietly towards the kitchen to see if there were any leftovers from dinner in the oven or fridge. However, he didn't make it as far as the kitchen; having stopped dead in his tracks at the somewhat familiar scene on the couch that greeted him. Author's Notes: This has been written for Round 3 of Love Bingo.
So, after nearly a decade at this site, LJ finally does something that makes me actually rage. No popcorn and laughing as the masses storm to news posts complaining, this time I'm actually worried.
A while back I was invited to help out with BETA testing new LJ services (I got this invite via lj_releases).
They have just announced BETA testing of a new friendslist.
LJ is planning on redoing everyone's friendslists in the style of the new comment page and update page. They want to copy tumblr and make your friendslist into a dashboard-like system page (infinite scrolling and all). It's also been renamed to "feed" (this I don't mind too much, though). In fact the whole dashboard idea with infinite scrolling wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that everyone will be locked to one specific layout. The system style comment pages are bad enough, but now I'll have to strain my eyes reading my flist? That defeats the purpose of this entire site. The font, use of whitespace, oversized boxes and UI elements ... all contribute to making the page difficult to read, on a site where all you do is read. Aaaah. Even just the possibility of adjusting the font (style and size) would make this suggestion easier to swallow, but it's still not something I'd want for my journal. It would not improve my LJ experience in any way (in fact it would most likely make my daily LJ activities more time consuming).
Now, I wasn't able to make the BETA page display my own friendslist, so I apologise to the random users who are featured in the screenshot, but to give everyone an idea, the below image shows you what your friendslist probably will look like in a couple of months.
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[A couple of more screenshots] I never switched over from Dystopia, so that adds to the weirdness. You're going to have to picture this with the standard LiveJournal drop down navigation + no blue sidebar to the left. Click the screenshots for bigger versions.
Top of page with links to journal, archive, profile
Example of text heavy post as displayed on friendslist
New buttons to the right replace the navigation strip. One tab for filters
One tab for Archive/Calendar, you can filter your feed to display posts from one specific date. These buttons follow along as you scroll down the page (infinite scrolling).
The friends page has been redesigned as a system page for all users, and is now available for Beta testers. There is a link at the top of your friends page allowing you to switch between the new and old versions, and will later go into public beta testing. You can switch back and forth between both versions throughout beta testing.
You can also see the proposed changes for yourself by enabling the BETA on your own journal (instructions from ruljautonews):
It's trivially easy to test beta features. 1) Go to lj_ru_beta and request to join. 2) Wait to get confirmation that you've been accepted into the community (this could take a few hours.) 3) Go to this page and choose Go To under Beta. 4) That's it, you're now testing the beta release. All site-scheme pages should now display a big "BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA" in yellow letters across the top. 5) You could make comments in the lj_ru_beta post, but if you do please keep this in mind: the majority of commenters there don't speak English and if they do it's not their primary language. Machine translation of Russian is lousy. "My hovercraft is full of eels" lousy. While you can engage in basic dialogue and get a feel for what the other person is saying, don't get too hung up on anyone's phrasing.
You can easily switch back to the old version.
Make sure you let LJ know what you think of these proposed changes, I can't be the only one who thinks this is a horrible idea.
ETA: It's nice to see that I'm not the only one worried about the proposed changes, but please direct your feedback through the proper channels. This is a private journal, I have no affiliation with LJ. Please also be respectful when addressing the LJ staff. They are just doing their jobs. Thanks!
Title: Keeps Getting Better Author: Diane Fandom: One Tree Hill Characters: Nathan/Haley Prompt: 7 – Breakfast Word Count: 964 Rating: Teen Rated Disclaimer: Nope, I don’t own a thing! Spoilers/Warnings: This is set post Season 6 so everything up to and including it to be on the safe side. Story contains mild references to sexual situations. Summary:Her heart melted as she read the words her son had written declaring her to be the best mom in the world. Author’s Notes: This has been written especially for the 300K Celebration on Joypiter Thread at Bethany Joy’s Fanforum board. Congratulations to all the posters over there for hitting 300,000 posts and a big thank you to everyone involved in putting together the OP. It looks absolutely amazing! It’s also been written for my fanfic table at 25fluffyfics.
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